Stevie Two

When you want to phone, that airport is no Calabar, love is just a joke, a trail we all use, searching near and far, as life circles 'round us, Saints reveal their bones, they leave the door ajar, can't do passion alone, we don't need a feud, at some crowded bar, to know what to do, we won't drink alone, our heads going la la, we'll be right home, head for the blue, wave to our lucky star, have another few, not a very promising start, safe within some credit zone, what’s inside us nearly gone, now listen to your father.

Stevie

Don't pray in the rain, or swear upon your mother, stuff you can't fake, hope you can use, costs that you smother, places without refuge, see that portrait, of a wounded trooper, it’s got your name, whatever you choose, don't curse or bother, who pays the dues, whisky fires the brain, good men live without trouble, then run away, no book or dawn curfew, makes you a brother, despite all the feuds, gains that you'll make, seek as a lover, spirits of the freeway, they won’t mask thunder.

Jennifer Three

If I warm my toes, around your fire, why start to deny, that what you lose, for many a lie, is lost on my excuses, a chance to show, on dancing wires, that I can grow, am not just the fool, who plays for the time, runs with other fools, no more than now, what is made right, by these holy vows, my blood's smoky blue, why do you require, to know what’s true, I'm getting old, don't need a sign, to live without windows, or drink your wine.

Jennifer Two

Your eyes shine too late, in rooms where no one goes, champagne cognac to chase, forget how much we blew, kick the need to show, steer away from news, we’re always just too late, paying off the loan, tackle what remains, you never seem to rue, the way we’ve been let down, no longer part of you, why worry without the gain, at supper hide your groans, whistle off your pain, say it’s all a ruse, a dream of yesterday, no such part of you, wouldn't it be great, to live our life abroad, throw out all the hate, live it on the blow.

Jennifer

Fire and evening light, when you play my tune, don’t even have to try, longing for my phone, that doesn't ring with blues, Nokia or 0 Two tones, this beach has come to life, cool grains here to sooth, not lost on Freeway tyres, brings grace to our bones, accepts all that we do, even to atone, a return to paradise, we never make the news, just want a better life, to shelter all that's gone, someone we can glue, far from being alone, you’re not always nice, never say what’s true, kiss the warm night, know what it is to lose.

Cathy Three

Why beat at the stalls, sit down in the rain, hover at infirmary's door, you are never at home, it’s just the same, stuff that makes you roam, what am I saying this for, there’s nothing to gain, while you run with whores, can't you atone, dance away my pain, recognise love’s not a loan, you know the score, your face a savage shade, I’m praying you roar, don't spit on the floor, or cry out my name, you’re not needed anymore, you always touch the bone, I never want to say, this time it’s too raw, to face myself again.

Cathy Two

Happy songs in my car, hot water in my tank, it only leaves a scar, blown by your forays, a ticking from the crank, an awful terrible waste, you peer within the dark, make even sunshine dank, scatter ashes on the bar, what is left to say, my mind fills up blank, clings to a brighter day, Oh, you are a dog, no one else to thank, rolled me like a log, brought me to this state, no one else to thank, what’s left anyway, we never know how far, what lies down the track, to see what's going on, how much in the bank?

Cathy

Sometimes I ask why, can we ever atone, our eyes run wild on fire, it could be shame, that lights our bitter home, each night and every day, not blessed with foresight, the wind runs cold, you leave another time, kids and dogs bear your name, why get stoned, just try and stay sane, when you hear me cry, don’t leave a hanging phone, it's not enough to sigh, buy some shiny nails, help me with the loans, a house is not a jail, no matter how we fight, or bruise our yellow bones, we can do this right, beyond the credit zones.

Ray Three

Please don't identify, one lonely swimming pool, between me and the sky, tell me it’s nothing, lies ripped from a sewer, you’d never offer, angst for a wedding night, no one behaves uncouth stuff that you'd get right, don’t want me to suffer, you’ll shed bad dreams too, act like a winner, bring sweetness to the light, not saved for the few, buttered dreams candlelight, to tell you the truth,, instead of this cruise, why not embrace everything, don’t ask me to fly, for fear of losing, I don't dance on wire, I’ve paid my dues.

Ray Two

We share jokes and put, hopes on those who reappear, geese rise among the lost, no one owns a crown, to be ushered in here, or put others down, those of us fussed, we'll always hold dear, what's been crossed, in our Ocean town, everything is clear, you know who is sound, someone to trust, she walks like the deer, with a hint of musk, everywhere she goes, she brushes away fear, never on her own, torches the falling years, each night a must, to bathe in happy tears, laugh before the dust

Ray

Get a ship to France, do you expect me to say, you can beg another chance, don't let me go acute, your life is framed, but you're no fool, fact is you're banned, once again nailed, too much love pranced, say what you want to, your lies are details, it won’t be smooth, don’t look askance, when I start to rail, passion can pass, shame doesn’t bother you, nothing more to say, you won’t need tunes, to slide down the scale, will you take my hand, look at me again, you haven’t the class, the door's your name.

Antonia Four

Can't get around the news, now you’ve dived away, no one tells the truth, you sailed before the Metro, finished up your days, left me with the loans, I haven't got a clue, what in heaven's name, we’re going to do, everything we call home, glistens just the same, the children saw you go, I sing hopeless tunes, trapped within a cage, everything here is blue, you just left us alone, as if it was some game, made jelly of our bones, truth’s a bitter fruit, to jump before a train, did you see it coming, hoping not to wait?

Antonia Three

Since you've gone away, I'll find something to do, but each night pray, laugh in the hurricane zone, see my face in whirlpools, you used me like a drone, tricked me every way, the blue still surrounds you, you say there’s no way, you’ll give me a loan, even if you want to, gardens need to grow, walls are turning grey, you say I’ll always lose, as if I’m on the make, don’t want to be alone, not saying it isn’t true, I carry bags of stones, my eyes shine like jays, I’ll never be in ruins, lying by the drains, love will find me soon.

Antonia Two

Clouds unfurl in the sky, death brings no easy due, even when you die, who cares what’s fake, it always is around you, burns forever in your grate, something deep inside, not just an ordinary blues, makes you want to cry, those barriers you raise, not to look a fool, when you should be great, however high you fly, love is not immune, it’s always worth a try, dies when you castigate, something lost in you, when you walk away, these troubled nights, I’ve had a few, no more questions now, I guess you knew.

Antonia

Like this ship at sea, I swear to the night, you will hear from me, you are a buzz saw, writhing with lies, hung by my cabin door, your lost fidelity, between moon and sky, shines like a painting, from the earth's poor, my terrible why, rises from the ocean floor, I’ll lay you in weeds, my lips strung tight, you need setting free, Here on the shore, I’ll do what's right, there’ll be no furore, just rock you gently, easy with the knife, call you baby, look into my eyes.

Carty Three

On the Spring tide, you look to the poor, huddled in line, it's cold for the season, sons and daughters, share the same reason, on the starboard side, a bitter truth’s sought, don't need an inquiry, to shiver in the lee, what's left at the port, sick of being, to worry about time, being caught, in some policy drive, what it teaches, to head for the door, like a guilty plea, every walk of life, ends with nought, some seek the light, others the law.

Emily Three

Can anyone bring serenity, to this creature in a bar, rescued from the sea, like someone in a frame, makes a different mark, something you can't name, the ones who've gone to Greece, like distant bells afar, send back childhood dreams, maybe a different age, you keep like a postcard but still, feel strange, nothing fills your need, you're a salty dog, sometimes you can scream, dancing in the waves, chasing sails around a spar, all the stuff that's wreckage, the things you only feel, all the stuff you're not, a waving sea anemone who needs a Da?

Emily Two

A cross for a pub, to where we drink wine, she gives me a shove, the deals behind Primark, to taste is no crime, let’s go of my arm, she looks up above, lost in her time, the year she got bust, hair like a jump start, she hasn't a dime, no one takes her part, we meet in a club, initially fine, who gives a fuck, never easy or calm, raised by great signs, she’s a wandering star, lays down lost looks, to everything wise, asks me to rub, the pain in her side.

Emily

She has some spark, her lovely face lights, quick off the mark, she hankers for love, most of her nights, doesn’t worry what's above, in a supermarket car park, they ask her why, she hangs around bars, says we all need a crust, a trolley suits her fine, she doesn’t drink doubles, never walks far, to gossip is a crime, each step's another car, works without gloves, unlike other times, Okay, when it's good, there's never a chart, to show us what's right, let’s wait for the dark, maybe it's time.

Carty Two

I stand by her grave, where praise be, I hope to be laid, my eyes like thunder, wine dark like the sea, it makes me shudder, from the blue Nave, stripped down like a tree, she’d nothing to give, here and there a cluster, a poplar breeze, it doesn't pass muster, my voice starts to break, it's late for the season, geese fly away, her face is the wonder, happy laughing clean, that I tore asunder, it's quiet at this place, my place of need, it fits her casket, left open for me.

Carty

Is it love of rain, a bird on the wire, that you rage against, shuffling in the gloom, waiting by the fire, no one flies for you, many come this way, they pester you for hire, ask and ask again, to do what you do, your eyes hide an ire, that’s forever blue, an offering to the grave, a burnt out tyre, is this what you give, always someone's due, their wretched desire, nothing else is true, the miracle they crave, not tongues of a liar, betrayed by brains, rests on a pyre.

Catherine Two

You who stamp the tar, do not bring good news, even in your car, a trip on your bones, carry messages from a few, love never eats alone, it doesn't cross the arc, but makes excuses, right from the off, who has a heart of stone, no one says they knew, the way things go, time has gone too far, lipstick, the jeans you use, no way is she a tart, splutter down the ‘phone, act like a distant nark, at this last fandango, she smokes a Lucky Star, smells summer’s sweet perfume, she's falling apart, I still hear her cough.

Catherine

Gamble everything away, don't care what you do, you won't beat the age, in winter's iron thaw, there is no tune, just a shallow maw, watch ships in the bay, work is just a ruse, to salt away your days, everyone's your whore, sad song's ring on cue, what a cache they hoard, smoke ciggies in the rain, every trick in use, it’s all such a game, curdle love tied with cord, no one really hates you, why make them roar, this generation betrayed, conceals bitter news, will take it to the grave, drunk on borrowed goods.

Daniel Three

My song provides good mojo, it has to be taught, but i know the score, it jumps like a flea, whoever takes the tour, always lands from me, just this bag of bones, a lender of last resort, I won't let you doze, each tune’s a bopping bean, brings you back for more, makes you feel this scene, dance in my zone, like you used to before, our time is never gone, it flies across the sea, your Flares sweep the floor, say hello to dreams, I will smooth your tones, bring peace to the poor, temper your groans, keep open every door.

Daniela Three

You always try to calculate, what’s buried safe inside, beyond the spike of taste, what you like to eat, is a far from common cry, life is never easy, your lips can't fake, neither can they lie, stood before the magistrate, if you could only see, instead of deny, what might set you free, terrible supplies of opiates, vodka tonics citrus limes, who needs them anyway, try to follow the beat, winter in warm climes, the Ocean makes you heave, find somewhere cool to bathe, you can't relive the time, enquire about the waste, that settles in your wine.

Daniel Two

You ask me what's new, never one to help the poor, always smart on cue, you never did say please, confined by any wall, or a sense of ease, never there to queue, working all the doors, you’d bust any curfew, bad guys on the street, never make you pause, when you hear the screams, no one makes your life anew, handing out the chores, sweating cakes you Blue, who knows where you've been, with all your gorgeous mores, will you ever bleed, you never were my glue, drinking like some Commodore, your head full of tunes, checking out the score.

Daniela Two

How do you know, what people feel, in their bones, that splintered smiley face, watered by the sea, they’ll catch it anyway, don’t have to kowtow, to unlock without a key, your cigarette glow, why seek the rain, peer in mountain streams, want to run away, nothing to bestow, from other crazy schemes, what you’ve blown, such a long time away, to live without a bean, now face each coming day, you don't have to show, the relics seen, sweet hand of love now, on your dreams.

Daniela

You come to us in bits, say water's in your blood, somehow nothing fits, try to make the claim, that your life's misunderstood, much beyond the pale, we carry yellow lists, plan to do some good, arraigned by your blips, you want another day, some gap in life to plug, time to have your say, simply do what we insist, it won’t drive you nuts, try our simple gifts, if you act like someone crazy, who needs to make a fuss, we cater for every taste, in this house of whispers, you do what you must, no one hears a chorus, when doors never shut.

Daniel

How do you know, what people feel, in their bones, that jilted smile's a strain, watered by the stream, they’ll catch it anyway, take the time right now, to unlock without a key, your luminous glow, why seek the rain, peer in mountain streams, don't need to catch a train, you’ve nothing to bestow, with other crazy schemes, your moving picture show, such a long time away, to live within a dream, now face each coming day, you don't have to borrow, on what you've been, before the cock crows, see what's to see.